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Corey R. Tabor wins Geisel Award for 鈥淔ox the Tiger鈥
SEATTLE– Author and illustrator Corey R. Tabor is the 2019 recipient of the Award for “Fox the Tiger,” published by Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. The award was announced today by the Association for Library Service to Children...
Yuyi Morales, Elizabeth Acevedo win Pura Belpr茅 Awards
SEATTLE – Yuyi Morales, illustrator of “Dreamers,” and Elizabeth Acevedo, author of “The Poet X,” are the 2019 winners of the Pura Belpré Illustrator Award and Author Award, honoring Latinx authors and illustrators whose work best portrays, affirms and...
YALSA announces 2019 Alex Awards
SEATTLE – The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the 91传媒 (91传媒), has selected 10 adult books with special appeal to teen readers to receive the 2019 Alex Awards. The awards, sponsored by the Margaret A...
SEATTLE – Dr. Pauletta Brown Bracy is the recipient of the 2019 Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. The announcement was made today by the 91传媒 (91传媒), during the 91传媒 Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits...
2019 Schneider Family Book Awards recipients named
SEATTLE – The 91传媒 (91传媒) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 Schneider Family Book Awards, which honor an author or illustrator for the artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences...
Philanthropist, author Melinda Gates to serve as 2019 National Library Week honorary chair
CHICAGO – Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has dedicated her life to achieving transformational improvements in the health and prosperity of families, communities and societies. Now she will lend her support to advocate for...
Winners of National Short Fiction Contest announced
CHICAGO — Six outstanding writers are being recognized for their entries in the Public Library Association’s (PLA) National Short Fiction Contest. This fall, more than 600 writers across the U.S. entered the contest by submitting short stories on the...
A guidebook for building political support for library funding
CHICAGO — Library funding is political. And the struggle to secure funding is ongoing; the work that librarians need to do to influence local politics doesn't just pop up in the few months before Election Day. It should span the years before or between...
Public Library Association supports libraries in connecting consumers to health care coverage
CHICAGO – Today (Nov. 1, 2018*) marks the beginning of the six-week enrollment period for health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and the Public Library Association (PLA) is providing support for public libraries to help their...
Zo毛 Kravitz shares the magic of libraries in new video PSAs
CHICAGO – Actress, singer and model Zoë Kravitz stars in two new video Public Service Announcements (PSAs) for the 91传媒, promoting the magical power of libraries. In the PSAs, Kravitz, who appears in the upcoming film “Fantastic...
Celebrate Health Literacy Month with expanded toolkit from NNLM and 91传媒
CHICAGO -- The National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) and the 91传媒 (91传媒) have updated the Libraries Transform Health Literacy Toolkit with brand-new resources to help library professionals raise awareness of how libraries...
Gear up for International Games Week 2018
It has been a long time coming, but International Games Week is back! This year’s event will take place during the week of November 4th through the 10th. This annual tradition is an initiative run by volunteers from around the world and hosted by the...
Public Library Association launches health insurance enrollment initiative
Will offer funding for public libraries to connect consumers to coverage CHICAGO – As part of its ongoing work to support the public library’s role in creating healthy communities, the Public Library Association (PLA) is offering new resources for...
Hlywak appointed director of 91传媒 Communications and Marketing
CHICAGO — Stephanie M. Hlywak has been named 91传媒’s new director of Communications and Marketing, effective Oct. 1, 2018. She comes to 91传媒 from the Muscular Dystrophy Association, where she served as national director of content marketing. In that role...
Nominations for I Love My Librarian Award closing Oct. 1
CHICAGO – The 91传媒 (91传媒) is reminding library users that they only have two weeks left to nominate their favorite librarians for the 2018 I Love My Librarian Award. This year’s nominations will close Mon., Oct. 1 at midnight...
